| Radio programs for the week of 28 April 2003 |
For more information: Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (USF: Institute for Systematic Botany) |
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If you were asked to point out Florida's most beautiful plants, chances
are some of what you'd choose wouldn't be from here, but a transported
tropical species. Scientists look to history to identify Florida
Plants: Past, Present and Future. I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida
Environment... With much of Florida natural attention focused on restoration of the
Everglades, we're told that water flow and quality are at restoration's
core. From that, say scientists like Mike Duever, comes the return of
animals and plants. He says that benefits Florida's native plants...
those which can survive the state's unusual geography... |
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As Florida's landscape has changed from its original, native plant species, human activity is the greatest reason. And that impact goes back thousands of years. People and Native Plants. I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment... With restoration efforts underway in Florida, scientists hope to regain some of the function of Florida's Environment. While human impact in the past century makes complete restoration impossible, environmental scientist Mike Duever says even human impact of thousands of years ago has shaped the state's plant communities... |
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If you've ever had trouble keeping a plant alive in Florida, it might have been a species not native to Florida. Native plants can thrive without work and without resources. Native Plant Resiliency. I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment. Scientists involved in Florida's many restoration projects focus, in part, on re-growing the state's native plants. But they say multi-billion dollars efforts aren't the only place native plants should make a comeback. Environmental scientist Mike Duever says native plants are perfect for Florida's yards and landscape projects... |
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If you're a fan of Florida's native plants, you're not alone. A number of Florida's native animal species do better with or even require the home-town landscape. Native Plants and Native Animals, I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment... As human settlement has altered Florida's natural landscapes, plants and animals not native to the state have prospered. But as habitat restoration projects continue around Florida, scientists like Mike Duever coax a return of native plant communities... |
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If you're from the generation that grew up with Smokey the Bear and a belief that all fire was bad, realize that is not the case in natural Florida where fire is a benefit. Florida Plants and Fire. I'm Kevin Pierce with the Florida Environment... "Get the Water Right" has become the slogan of Everglades restoration: That if water flow and water quality can be restored, plant and animal communities will follow. And Environmental Scientists Mike Duever says getting the water right will bring a return of another natural factor important to plant communities: Fire... |